Tomorrow marks the beginning (for most Muslims) of the holy month of Ramadan. Considered sacred by Muslims primarily because it is the month in which the Quran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed, Ramada is also a time of austerity and self-discipline for Muslim people. Fasting from dawn to dusk in Ramadan is […]
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Montreal is easily among the most happening cities I have lived in. Sure, London is has cool clubs and matchless museums and New York is where most things are at. But in those better-known, better-celebrated cities, you needed to be loaded to make the best of what the city has to offer (barring […]
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It is perhaps a poignant coincidence that amidst the current spate of festivals we have Eid-e-Milad and Easter, back-to-back. While Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Milad is, interestingly, both the birth and the death anniversary of the Prophet Mohammed. These founders of two major world religions were also the sources of inspiration for […]
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